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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Google is rewiring your brain

Wired Magazine: Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains. Read the whole article. We know that the human brain is highly plastic; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with

Morris Minor

Nice article in the Telegraph: Classic Morris Minor. Here's a good test of your personality: do you have a weakness for the Morris Minor? Because it's mighty hard to warm to anybody who doesn't harbour a sneaking affection for this darling of a car.

Sports injury

I never thought I'd have a "sports injury." At primary school, they made me take my glasses off for Physical Education lessons, so I could never see what I was doing. Didn't much like team sports in high school, except field hockey. I sprained

Lessons Learned

According to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 test, one of my personality traits is the Learner. I Must Learn New Stuff. Most of the things I knit contain some sort of challenge or modification to the pattern. I'm on a lace knitting and beaded knitting kick for a while.

Tweets for June 1st to June 15th

* The cat fell in the bath, lost her footing trying to grab a drink, water on 3 walls and all over the floor, while I was IN THE BATH. * Want to go to the Zombie workout class at http://zombiefit.org Strength training AND Parkour! * Physical therapy for a few

FO: The Secret Thing

The trouble with working on a secret project is that you can't talk about it or post photos of it. It's a black hole until it's done and delivered. The only thing you can do is post a blank Ravelry project to taunt the

FO: Hot Pink Butternut

Picked up a skein of shocking pink lace weight yarn in the Weaving Department a while ago and it seemed perfect for Butternut. You're supposed to do 15 repeats, I stopped at 19.5 thanks to a very late knee doctor, and that was three repeats past the

Summer of Lace

Finished a Secret Thing for my Ravelry swap partner, but I haven't mailed it yet, so no photos or details. I want her to be the first one to see it, besides Hubby. It knit up fast and was a welcome break from the endless Butternut scarf, which

Tweets for May 16th to May 31st

* There is something deeply addictive about mail tracking websites when you're waiting for a parcel. * Knitting on needles made from stealth bomber material is curiously faster than on wooden needles, and infinitely geekier. * Yellow Lamborghini in the parking lot at work, right next to my car. Guess it

Slow going

My Butternut scarf looks exactly the same but longer, twelve of eighteen repeats are complete. The pattern says to do fifteen repeats, but I have extra yarn. The only difference is I moved it to a set of Blackthorn needles, double points made from the material used for the outer

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